Hadar Shemesh breaks down "what the hell," a phrase people use when frustrated or questioning someone's behavior. She offers "what the heck" as a milder swap, then shows how to blend the /t/ and /θ/ sounds for smoother pronunciation.
What the hell? That's a phrase that we hear a lot. It usually means, what? What are you talking about? What the hell? What is wrong with you? It's used to express a lot of frustration and to get someone's attention because they did something. What the hell? Now, if you want to soften it a little bit, you can say, what the heck, without using the word hell. The little trick I can give you here is to connect the T to the TH. What? Tongue is on the T for the T. And then you release it for the TH. What the, what the, what the, what the hell, or what the heck.
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